NUTRITIVE VALUE OF WHEAT OFFAL IN THE FEEDING OF SHEEP
NUTRITIVE VALUE OF WHEAT OFFAL IN THE FEEDING OF SHEEP
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1979
Authors
ABII, JULIE UCHE
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Abstract
Two experiments were carried out with male and
female (non-pregnant and non-lac tating) Yankasa sheep
to determine the nutritive value of wheat offal. The
two experiments were growth experiments and lasted for
56 and 70 days respectively. The treatments consisted
of the following wheat offals levels, 0, 30, 60 and 90%.
The results indicated that up to 30% wheat offal
could be incorporated in the diet of sheep. The 30%
wheat offal diet supported increased feed intake, weight
gain and feed conversion efficiency. Increasing the level
of wheat offal up to 60% resulted in reduced (P/0.05)
feed intake and weight gain though the feed conversion
ratio was not significantly affected. The 90% wheat
offal resulted in further reduction in feed intake,
weight gain and feed conversion ratio.
The production cost revealed that the 90% wheat
offal diet effected the highest cost per kilogram of
body weight gain even though this cost did not significantly
differ from that of the 30% wheat offal diet. However,
the time taken to gain this weight differed greatly
(P/-0.05) between the two diets (7 and 21 days for the
30 and 90% what offal diets respectively). Time
factor also made the 30 and 60% wheat offal diets
significantly different (P/-0.05). The time was 7 days
for the 30% and 12 days for the 60% wheat offal.
Dry matter digestibility. for the wheat offal
diets was not significantly (p/_0.05) different, however,
the 30% wheat offal diet had the highest digestibility
which was significantly (p/-0.05) higher than that of
the control diet. There was no significant difference
among treatments in nitrogen digestibility.
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A thesis submitted to the Postgraduate School, Ahmadu
Bello University, in partial fulfillment of the
requirement for the degree of Master of Science
(Animal Science) of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Department of Animal Science
Faculty of Agriculture
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
July, 1986
Keywords
NUTRITIVE,, VALUE,, WHEAT,, OFFAL,, FEEDING,, SHEEP.